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The girls in our family were looking through old cookbooks this week. Almost everything in certain books were combinations of processed foods with corny names… naughty names even. If there is one dessert that every girl should know how to make, it’s Better Than Sex Dessert. Good Christian women call it “Better Than Robert Redford Dessert.”

Because I’m big on making things from scratch, this is homemade from top to bottom or I should say from bottom to top – even the pudding.

PUDDING INGREDIENTS:

2/3 cup sugar

1/4 cup cornstarch

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup cocoa powder

2 1/2 cups milk

4 large egg yolks

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Place all dry ingredients in a saucepan and whisk together well (to prevent lumps). Whisk in cold milk & eggs. Cook on low heat only until you see it begin to boil. Take off burner immediately. Stir in butter and vanilla. Keep stirring as pudding thickens.

It’s a beautiful thing, really.

Place saran wrap over pudding & gently push onto top so that pudding does not form a skin over the top. Place in refrigerator until cooled.

Preheat oven to 350F. Place all crust ingredients into food processor and process on low speed until crumbly.

Use remaining whipped cream to decorate top of dessert. This is done with a large decorating bag and a large star decorating tip. Doing this makes me far happier than it probably should.

But one must admit. It is pretty spectacular, no?

Serve with French press coffee for added pleasure. I won’t answer the timeless question of whether this lives up to it’s name or not but I am sure of one thing. A little foolin’ around will help burn the off calories afterward.

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Deanna’s love for baking and cooking began as she sat upon a baker’s stool as a little girl. Her love for people grew in the midst of church potlucks. She expresses her loves today creatively through speaking, writing for her foodie blog as well as hosting guests, including celebrities, at her award-winning B&B in Snoqualmie Valley, Washington.

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